MCP Refchecker
JSON →A lightweight MCP server that wraps academic-refchecker, letting Claude verify academic citations against Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and CrossRef in real time
Install
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- verify_citation Verifies that a cited paper exists and that its metadata (title, authors, year, venue) matches what was cited. Queries Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and Crossref. Returns verification status, matched paper metadata, possible fuzzy matches, errors, warnings, and info.
Environment variables
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY